Cancerslug is from my town... It's weird how popular they are, simply because I always knew they were fairly well-known, but not as well-known as they apparently are... Like, not even remotely close.

I think they're great and all, but they are such a niche-specific band, it seems strange that they have such a large following, especially considering it seems they are more popular out of town than they are locally (that is to say, people love them here, but they don't shit their pants over the prospect of a Cancerslug show or anything, you know?).

I wish the local scene here was not so fucking stagnant now. Seems like we had a lot going on a few years ago, and now almost nothing. All our "big" bands have either moved away, broken up, or are seemingly only really popular in Europe or the other end of the country or something weird like that.

I haven't even seen Daikaiju in ages, and that's a band that has played locally seemingly all the fucking time... I can't count how many times I've seen them play the exact same set list over the years, haha... I really miss that!

At the moment, I'm really digging that crusty, swedeath-y style of modern hardcore. Xibalba, Nails, Harms Way and so on.

Anyone willing to throw some more names at me?

So you mean entombedcore?

New Lows is a good band. Got the swedish DM meets modern hardcore kind of feel. Great band. I've heard All Pigs Must Die is another similar band with the swedish sound. New Harm's Way sounds like nu-metal to me but their earlier stuff is amazing. I second Weekend Nachos and In Disgust. Get the In Disgust/P.L.F. split. Tis a shame ID broke up before releasing a proper full length.

hey fellows I am looking for some speedy street punk with tons of sing along choruses, but maybe with some heavier leanings, and gang shouts if possible. But it doesn't really matter for the last two requirements I just need some good catchy punk to get me through the work day.

You might want to check out Krum Bums. They did a tour with Toxic Holocaust last year and they were fucking awesome. The production on their recordings is a little too clean at times, but otherwise it seems like you might be into 'em: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc9ewaHwfMY

I'm looking for some indie-esque hardcore. Stuff like Departures, Suis la Lune, Kings at Heart, The Greek Favourites, and Birds in Row. Preferably more screaming than singing, and faster than slower. Can anyone help me?

Anyone check out the new Gaza LP? Holy fucking shit is it incredible, easily my AOTY.

Feel like I'm the only one who really dislikes this brand of hardcore . Really overproduced in a way that makes it more "metal." bands like The Secret do this too. I don't know, sounds like all those awful relapse grind bands with dbeats instead of blast beats. Am I alone here?

Feel like I'm the only one who really dislikes this brand of hardcore . Really overproduced in a way that makes it more "metal." bands like The Secret do this too. I don't know, sounds like all those awful relapse grind bands with dbeats instead of blast beats. Am I alone here?

I've never liked The Secret, but Gaza are pretty awesome. I should be seeing them in December, actually.

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Anyone check out the new Gaza LP? Holy fucking shit is it incredible, easily my AOTY.

Feel like I'm the only one who really dislikes this brand of hardcore . Really overproduced in a way that makes it more "metal." bands like The Secret do this too. I don't know, sounds like all those awful relapse grind bands with dbeats instead of blast beats. Am I alone here?

Hey i never really listen to punk before, but i am curious to check it out. I am huge Traditional heavy/speed/power/thrash metal guy. What would be a good 70s or 80's punk band to listen to being a metal fan and being new to punk.

Hey i never really listen to punk before, but i am curious to check it out. I am huge Traditional heavy/speed/power/thrash metal guy. What would be a good 70s or 80's punk band to listen to being a metal fan and being new to punk.

70's or 80's punk for a metalhead?

70'sMisfits (majority of their output's in the 80's but handful of songs date from the 70's)

There's a million other bands to list here, but these are probably offer a good starting point. Most punk and proto-punk of the 70's might not really appeal to you if you're looking for more metal things. But if you want to check out that stuff I highly suggest The Stooges as it's pretty messy.

There's a million other bands to list here, but these are probably offer a good starting point. Most punk and proto-punk of the 70's might not really appeal to you if you're looking for more metal things. But if you want to check out that stuff I highly suggest The Stooges as it's pretty messy.[/quote]

The reason i say from the 70's and 80's is because i am trying to avoid people giving me those post hardcore and screamo bands. I not exactly looking for something heavy. Just something that is not too soft and closer to metal than usual but yet without being crappy. Just a good gateway band from metal to punk just to boarding my music and to see if this is something i would like to listen too.

I am curious to get into post-hardcore, but I have an aversion to "emo"-related stuff (for lack of a better descriptor).

For example, I listened to Alexisonfire's first album on recommendation; and while I enjoyed the guitarwork and musicianship, the clean vocal parts pretty much killed it for me (too "whiny" for my taste). The screaming I'm not a big fan of either, but I can tolerate it.

I also listened to older bands like Fugazi/Refused and enjoyed them a little bit more. So I basically want to know more big names in the genre, and mainly more modern bands with melodic guitarwork similar to Alexisonfire, but sans the whiny "emo" vocals that sadly seem to be the norm lately (clean vocals are ok if they are not too "whiny").

I am curious to get into post-hardcore, but I have an aversion to "emo"-related stuff (for lack of a better descriptor).

For example, I listened to Alexisonfire's first album on recommendation; and while I enjoyed the guitarwork and musicianship, the clean vocal parts pretty much killed it for me (too "whiny" for my taste). The screaming I'm not a big fan of either, but I can tolerate it.

I also listened to older bands like Fugazi/Refused and enjoyed them a little bit more. So I basically want to know more big names in the genre, and mainly more modern bands with melodic guitarwork similar to Alexisonfire, but sans the whiny "emo" vocals that sadly seem to be the norm lately (clean vocals are ok if they are not too "whiny").

Post-hardcore and emo are a bit different in my book, but not knowing much about emo I'd suggest the following

The reason i say from the 70's and 80's is because i am trying to avoid people giving me those post hardcore and screamo bands. I not exactly looking for something heavy. Just something that is not too soft and closer to metal than usual but yet without being crappy. Just a good gateway band from metal to punk just to boarding my music and to see if this is something i would like to listen too.

Newer band but I think you'd dig Iron Dogs (CAN). The kind of NWOBHM styled stuff that wears it's punk influence on it's sleeve. I would also HIGHLY recommend checking out English Dogs "Forward Into Battle"

The reason i say from the 70's and 80's is because i am trying to avoid people giving me those post hardcore and screamo bands. I not exactly looking for something heavy. Just something that is not too soft and closer to metal than usual but yet without being crappy. Just a good gateway band from metal to punk just to boarding my music and to see if this is something i would like to listen too.

Newer band but I think you'd dig Iron Dogs (CAN). The kind of NWOBHM styled stuff that wears it's punk influence on it's sleeve. I would also HIGHLY recommend checking out English Dogs "Forward Into Battle"

I've never really got into punk, but recently I fell in love with the debut by the finnish band Pää Kii (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-Z7Qs4lWNo). It's been playing non-stop in my car for the past week, so I'm looking for something similiar: fast, catchy, energetic and reeking of cheap beer. Any suggestions?

However my brother put himself in the hospital and had to leave after their set. They were seriously one of the loudest bands I've ever heard live.

I'd probably do the same if I was at a Gaza show

He okay?

He wasn't at the show. He got trashed and got called in for work... Which is a bad situation in itself but for some reason he tried going through a carwash and wrapped his car around an electrical box and totaled it when he realized it was snowing and a carwash would be a bad idea. Or something like that? None of us are too sure what happened as he was blacked out and there were no witnesses. Amazingly he got away with a broken nose.

Finally got to see Reno locals Out For War last night. Faaaack. So awesome.

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If the U.N. flew a bunch of C130's over Syria and rained down boxes of Thin Mints, they'd be standing in a giant circle hand-in-hand singing like goddamn Whoville residents within an hour.